a situation of angry disagreement or opposition

Healing circles are conducted by a FACILITATOR | JUDGE who TAKES | DOES NOT TAKE an active role in the process.

give authority or power to someone

Healing circles are FORMALLY | INFORMALLY structured in THREE | FOUR stages, and they ENCOURAGE/DISENCOURAGE   storytelling.

Healing circles and restorative justice are used only IN CANADA | INTERNATIONALLY.

be more significant than

restore friendly relations between people

restoration of something lost or stolen

done on purpose

Healing circles have a long tradition in EUROPEAN | ABORIGINAL cultures and ofer a NONCONFRONTATIONAl | ADVERSARIAL alternative to the criminal justice process.

inhabiting a land from the earliest times

Healing circles are MORE LIKELY| LESS LIKELY to be successful for THE VICTIM | THE OFFENDER | BOTH VICTIM AND OFFENDER.